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[Places API (New): Nodejs Client][homepage]

This library is considered to be in preview. This means it is still a
work-in-progress and under active development. Any release is subject to
backwards-incompatible changes at any time.


Places API (New) client for Node.js

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A comprehensive list of changes in each version may be found in
[the CHANGELOG][homepage_changelog].

* Places API (New) Nodejs Client API Reference
* Places API (New) Documentation

Read more about the client libraries for Cloud APIs, including the older
Google APIs Client Libraries, in [Client Libraries Explained][explained].

[explained]: https://cloud.google.com/apis/docs/client-libraries-explained

Table of contents:

* Quickstart
* Before you begin
* Installing the client library

* Versioning
* Contributing
* License

Quickstart

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1. [Select or create a Cloud Platform project][projects].
1. [Enable billing for your project][billing].
1. [Enable the Places API (New) API][enable_api].
1. [Set up authentication][auth] so you can access the
API from your local workstation.

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``bash
npm install @googlemaps/places
`

Terms of Service

@googlemaps/places uses Google Maps Platform services. Use of Google
Maps Platform services through this library is subject to the
[Google Maps Platform Terms of Service][gmp-tos].

This library is not a Google Maps Platform Core Service.
Therefore, the Google Maps Platform Terms of Service (e.g., Technical
Support Services, Service Level Agreements, and Deprecation Policy)
do not apply to this library.

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If your billing address is in the European Economic Area, effective on
8 July 2025, the [Google Maps Platform EEA Terms of Service][gmp-tos-eea]
will apply to your use of the Services. Functionality varies by region.
[Learn more][gmp-tos-eea-faq].

[gmp-tos]: https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/terms
[gmp-tos-eea]: https://cloud.google.com/terms/maps-platform/eea
[gmp-tos-eea-faq]: https://developers.google.com/maps/comms/eea/faq

Samples

Samples are in the [samples/][homepage_samples] directory. Each sample's README.md has instructions for running its sample.

| Sample | Source Code |
| --------------------------- | --------------------------------- |
| autocomplete places | source code |
| get photo media | source code |
| get place | source code |
| search nearby | source code |
| search text | source code |
| maps | source code |

Supported Node.js Versions

Our client libraries follow the Node.js release schedule.
Libraries are compatible with all current _active_ and _maintenance_ versions of
Node.js.
If you are using an end-of-life version of Node.js, we recommend that you update
as soon as possible to an actively supported LTS version.

Google's client libraries support legacy versions of Node.js runtimes on a
best-efforts basis with the following warnings:

* Legacy versions are not tested in continuous integration.
* Some security patches and features cannot be backported.
* Dependencies cannot be kept up-to-date.

Client libraries targeting some end-of-life versions of Node.js are available, and
can be installed through npm dist-tags.
The dist-tags follow the naming convention legacy-(version).
For example, npm install @googlemaps/places@legacy-8 installs client libraries
for versions compatible with Node.js 8.

Versioning

This library follows Semantic Versioning.

More Information: [Google Cloud Platform Launch Stages][launch_stages]

[launch_stages]: https://cloud.google.com/terms/launch-stages

Contributing

Contributions welcome! See the Contributing Guide.

Please note that this README.md
and a variety of configuration files in this repository (including .nycrc and tsconfig.json`)
are generated from a central template.

License

Apache Version 2.0

See LICENSE

[shell_img]: https://gstatic.com/cloudssh/images/open-btn.png
[projects]: https://console.cloud.google.com/project
[billing]: https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/6293499#enable-billing
[enable_api]: https://console.cloud.google.com/flows/enableapi?apiid=places.googleapis.com
[auth]: https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/external/set-up-adc-local
[homepage_samples]: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/blob/main/packages/google-maps-places/samples
[homepage_changelog]: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/blob/main/packages/google-maps-places/CHANGELOG.md
[homepage]: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/blob/main/packages/google-maps-places